WEBVTT DAVID? DAVID: JULIE, ROB, THE REPUBLICANS WE TALKED WITH WHO WERE IN THE ROOM TODAY S THEY’RE ENCOURAGED THE PRESIDENT LISTENED TO WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. NOW, THEY’LL LOOK FOR THE ACTION TO PROTECT SO MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO PUT PRESIDENT TRUMP IN POWER. THE STAKES COULD NOT BE HIGH AROUND THIS TABLE FOR THOSE FARMERS WHO PUT FOOD ON TABLES AROUND THE WORLD PRESIDENT TRUMP: CHINA HAS CONSISTENTLY TREATED THE UNITE STATES AGRICULTURE UNFAIRLY. DAVID: PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW LOCKED IN A TIT-FOR-TAT ON TARIFFS WITH CHINA, AND THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM SAY THAT COULD SPELL DOOM FOR AMERICAN FARMERS. >> IF THEY HIT ANOTHER DOWN TURN BECAUSE OF TARIFFS, MANY OF THESE FARMERS WILL GO OUT OF BUSINESS. DAVID: THE PRESIDENT MAINTAINS THAT WON’T HAPPEN, THAT THIS IS ALL JUST PART OF NEGOTIATIONS. AND THE AG-STA REPRESENTATIVES, LIKE NEBRASKA GOVERNOR PETE RICKETTS, SAY THEY TRUST HIM. >> THE PRESIDENT DEFINITELY HE’S GOT THE BACKS OF OUR FARMERS AND RANCHERS, AND THAT HE’S GOT TH SAME GOAL IN MIND WITH REGARD TO OPENING MARKET ACCESS. DAVID: IN FACT, THE PRESIDEN TODAY TELLING REPUBLICANS IN THE ROOM HE WANTS BACK INTO THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP. THAT’S THE TRADE DEAL HE LEFT WITH AN EXECUTIVE ORDER SIGNED IN THE OVAL OFFICE. >> HE MULTIPLE TIMES AFFIRMED THE POINT THAT TPP MIGHT BE EASIER FOR US TO JOIN NOW ON THE TPP 11 IS ALIGNED. DAVID: INSTEAD OF LEADING THE EFFORT, THE U.S. WOULD NOW BE THE 12TH NATION ON BOARD. >> WHEN WE BACKED OUT OF THAT, CHINA IS FILLING THAT VOID. WE DON’T WANT THA PRESIDENT TRUMP: >> IN THE END, THE FARMERS ARE GOING TO BE, I THINK, THE BIGGEST BENEFICIARY FROM ALL OF WHAT’S HAPPENING. DAVID: ALSO, TODAY NEWS ABOUT THE RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD. CORN GROWERS LOVE THAT, BECAUSE IT CALLS FOR ETHANOL BLEND IN GASOLINE. IOWA’S CHUCK GRASSLEY TOOK TO TWITTER TO SAY THE PRESIDENT SUPPORTS A YEAR-ROUND E-15 BLEND. JULIE, ALL THESE AGRICULTU REPRESENTATIVES ARE NOW LOOKING FO